[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Thank You, dear God, for the anchor of hope in You that we have for 
the storms of life. When we lower our anchor, we know it will hold 
solid in the bedrock of Your faithfulness in spite of the billows of 
adversity and blasts of conflict. We are able to ride out the storms of 
difficulty and discouragement because we know You will sustain us. We 
share the psalmist's confidence, ``I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, 
and in His word I do hope.''--Psalm 130:5.
  Our hope is not in the supposed reliability of people, the presumed 
predictability of circumstances, nor the imagined security of human 
power. Our hope is in Your grace and truth. We know You will never 
leave us nor forsake us.
  Keep us anchored today so we won't drift from our commitment to 
serving You. We claim Your destiny for our life. And throughout this 
day, may we feel the tug of the anchor and know that we are indeed 
secure. In the name of our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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